'The Big Comfy Couch' Still Holds A Giant Spot In Our Hearts 30 Years Later
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'The Big Comfy Couch' Still Holds A Giant Spot In Our Hearts 30 Years Later
"I would watch all my favorite shows in the basement of my childhood home, with its dark green carpet and giant honey oak entertainment center. I'd collect all my Big Comfy Couch stuffies - the Loonette with her plastic curls, Molly, Fuzzy, Wuzzy, and Snickelfritz alike - and together we'd dutifully follow along with all the Clock Rug Stretches and 10-Second Tidies."
"They read together, do stretches on Loonette's clock rug, and do 10-second tidies of various messes. For her part, Molly doesn't talk much, but she ardently believes in living, breathing dust bunnies residing under their couch (which they do - they're named Fuzzy and Wuzzy). Loonette and Molly also pay visits to Loonette's grandmother, Granny Garbanzo, and her cat Snicklefritz, as well as other Clowntown residents, like Major Bedhead, the town's mailman."
"I'd pack them up and cart them with me (or, rather, my mom would) to my grandmother's house, where I also screened so many episodes she and my grandpa had their own favorite characters (the dust bunnies). And I still remember how my poor Snickelfritz plush's red nose had a few tiny punctures in it, likely from my grandparents' little poodle, Bitsy, taking a nibble."
The Big Comfy Couch centers on Loonette, a young clown, and her sentient doll Molly as they play, read, and perform routines on a giant floral couch. Episodes feature recurring activities like Clock Rug Stretches and 10-Second Tidies, interactions with dust bunnies Fuzzy and Wuzzy, and visits to Granny Garbanzo, Snicklefritz the cat, and Clowntown residents such as Major Bedhead. The show aired on public television in the United States thirty years ago. A viewer recalls watching episodes in a basement with dark green carpet, collecting plush toys, bringing them to a grandmother's house, and noting a Snickelfritz toy nose punctured by a dog.
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